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Pink Ladies, Black Panthers: Things to do this weekend in Palm Beaches

Ah, yes, the final weekend before school starts in Palm Beach County— it would feel like the last gasp of summer if it wasn’t hotter than a platter of enchiladas arriving at your table. “Hot plate,” indeed.

If you’re not consumed with prepping your kids for the classroom, here are a few ideas for things to do this weekend:

Staci Sturrock, features writer and fan of movie musicals: ‘Grease’ is the word at local cinemas

Now you can hand jive, baby!

In theaters nationwide on Sunday (and again on Aug. 19), moviegoers will get the chance to sing along with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as “Grease” returns to the big screen.

The T-Birds and Pink Ladies will bring the summer loving to five Palm Beach County theaters: Downtown at the Gardens 16, Royal Palm Stadium 18, Cinemark Boynton Beach 14, Cinemark Palace 20 and Shadowood 16.

Black Panthers. White photographers. Black-and-white photos. White curators. The Norton Museum of Art’s new exhibit, “The Summer of ’68: Photographing the Black Panthers,” is as much a social project as an education. What visitors will see is the culmination of a seven-week education for the museum’s annual summer interns — four young, white college women, who were tasked with organizing the exhibit and admitted feeling the pressure of presenting the work in its proper context. And the exhibit is also an education for the Norton’s visitors, who will see the Black Panthers movement as a study in documentary

The Norton is at 1451 S. Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach and can be reached at 561-832-5196.

Larry Aydlette, culture editor: Meryl’s son is the musical one

The movie “Ricki and the Flash” features Meryl Streep as a struggling musician, but it’s her real-life son Henry Wolfe who’s the rock star of the family. His new album “Asilomar” is a beautiful work of moody, melodic pop, using the topgraphy of Southern California as a metaphor to tell stories of love’s tiny victories and crushing disappointments. The songs pulse with a cinematic, neon-like shimmer. Listening to them, you can imagine you’re driving through a Los Angeles night (or a David Lynch movie) as the sun descends and the sky turns purple. Wolfe’s music isn’t released on a major label – though one of his earlier songs is featured on the “Ricki” soundtrack. You can hear and buy “Asilomar” through his website, HenryWolfe.com.

The beach near Sunrise Avenue in Palm Beach. (Palm Beach Daily News)

Barbara Marshall, features writer: A walk on the beach

I’m going to defy August’s furnace and get my exercise on the beach. The trick is to get there by 7 a.m., then walk briskly in shin-deep water until your legs shake and turn to Jello. A short swim to rest, then do it again for about an hour. Some mornings, I’m nearly alone in the flat immensity of blue gray ocean and sky. Follow with iced coffee and a cold shower. Summer heaven.